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Greenbury Point Light

Lighthouse · Anne Arundel County, Maryland

1925 photograph of Greenbury Point Light
1925 photograph of Greenbury Point Light · U.S. Coast Guard / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Greenbury Point Light is a lighthouse in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland has 50 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 8 of them in Anne Arundel County.

The light characteristic is recorded as F W (a steady light); it was deactivated in 1934.

Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: This record mixes two lights: the 1848 shore lighthouse on the point (39 ft focal plane) was shut off in 1891 and later collapsed, and the screwpile Greenbury Point Shoal Light that replaced it was taken down in 1934, with its remaining skeletal light and foundation removed in 2008. It stands at 38.9680° N, 76.4540° W.

Key facts

Light characteristicF W
Deactivated1934
Coordinates38.96800, -76.45400

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Questions

Where is Greenbury Point Light?

Greenbury Point Light is in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, at 38.9680, -76.4540.

How many lighthouses are in Anne Arundel County?

Anne Arundel County, Maryland has 8 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.